Richard bigley



(No Model.)

H. BIGLEY. WATER HEATER.

No. 417,222. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD BIGLEY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WATER-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,222, dated December 17, 1889.

Application filed March 28, 1889. Serial No. 305,073. (No model.)

To all whom-it may concern..-

Be it known that I, RICHARD BIGLEY, merchant, of the city of Toronto, in the countyof York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a certain new and Improved Hot-Water Heater, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a simple device which may be readily applied to the fire-pot of an ordinary hot-air furnace or stove without in any way interfering with the duty performed by the said hot-air furnace or stove; and it consists, essentially, of

a series of coils connected together by two water-legs having their interiors properly (livided, so as to cause a circulation through the coils, which are. conically arranged in order that the water which enters the bottom of each leg from the supply-pipes shall circulate more qnickly'through the coils as it ascends toward the distributing-pipes, substantially as hereinafter more particularly explained.

The drawing represents a perspective view, partially in section, of my improved waterheater.

A, B, C, and D are a series of pipes, bent as shown,and connecting at their ends with the water-legs E, forming, as shown, a conicallyshaped coil.

1 is a partition placed in one of the legs E, between the pipes A and B.

G is a similar partition placed in the other leg E, between the pipes 13 and O. The water which enters the leg E from the supply-pipe E passes through the lower pipe A to the opposite leg E, where it mixes with the water entering through the supply-pipe hole I, and rises to the pipe B, circulating back to the opposite leg and entering above the partition F. Rising in this leg, it returns to the other leg through the pipe O, above the partition G, and thence around through the pipe D, through the holes J, into the distributingpipes.

The cone-shaped coil, constructed and arranged in the manner shown and described, is preferably made in two sections, as indicated, the pipes being jointed together at K, as shown. It is placed on top of the fire-pot L, and when so placed will neither interfere with the draft nor in any way affect the heating-surface of the furnace or stove, but it will absorb from the fire the heat which would otherwise be lost. The water-legs E are shaped and'arranged, as shown, so that there shall be one on each side of the door of the furnace or stove.

From this description it will be seen that the application of my device to a stove or hot-air furnace secures the advantage of hotwater heating without additional coal or in any way altering the ordinary heating qualities of the stove or hot-air furnace. The introduction of the partitions F and G causes a zigzag circulation through the coil, and the tapering or conical form of the device increases the speed of the circulation as the water ascends through the coils.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with the water-legs provided with partitions and connected with the water-supply, of the series of pipes connected at their ends to said water-legs and arranged to form a conically-shaped coil, substantially as shown and described.

4 The combination, with the water-legs and the pipes connected at their ends to said water-legs and forming a (sonically-shaped coil, of the partition in one of said legs between the two lower pipes, and the partition in the other leg between the uppermost of said two lower pipes and the next higher one,

substantially as shown and described, and.

for the purpose specified.

Toronto, March 19, 1889. RICHARD BIGLEY.

In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, W. G. MCMILLAN. 

